davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
James River.

| have read in the Dispatch OF last
Friday the resolutions OF the Chamber
Of Commerce protesting against the
removal of the traffic manager OF the
Associated Railways of Virginia and
the Carolinas from Richmond to Balti-
more, and the remark of Mr.. Cringan,
who thought cit would be almost a
death-blow to remove this officer from
Richmond"
have high respect for the mover
ofthis resolution and for the Chamber of
Commerce, but | hope they will pardon
me for saying itreminds me of theremark
of public spirited gentleman who
many years ago made a speech at a
meeting where resolutions were offered
to build the railroad from Richmond
to Petersburg The burden of his
speech was Resolutions don't build
railroads"
Neither, would say, can resolutions
keep railroads here. Baltimore has
TIVE .ty-eight to thirty feet of water at
the elevator of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad near Fort McHenry. some four
miles from the basin, the analogue of
our Rockets, and the Pennsylvania
railroad trGnsacts its similar business at
Canton, which, / learn, has an equal
depth Of water, a mile below the city
limits and five miles from the basin.
Richmond has from sixteen to eighteen
feet of water, as you know. Here is
the trOuLiC.
A few year sago Colonel Talcott, then
a first class employee of tue Danville
road, told me that if RichmSnd had
twenty five feet of water at high tide
West Point could not hurt her, as the
railroad could not afford to run away
from that much water. NOw, when
West Point has only foot or two more
water than we have, we see a big spe-
culation attempted there, and Rich
mOnd men are conspicuous in it.
Is there no lesson in this for the
Chamber of Commerce Does the
chamber think that all Richmond can
keep railroad here when there are ten
1eet more water and a good harbor $50
miles off
If the public spirit of our own citi-
zens has not been able to keep at home
the millions, in cash and credit, that
are now in birmingham and Washing
ton city, and in remote and doubtful
St. Pauls and Duluth, how can we ex-
rect the patriotism of railroads to sacri-
flee money to Richmond
Deepen the river and you will save
your city. JAMES RIVER.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
A Georgia Endorsement.

In replying to a letter from Norfolk
which We published last week we said :
1--WE object as strenuously as our
correspondent to repeating the internal
revenue laws as an excuse for keeping
np the war tarilf We have often con-
tended that the abolition Of all internal
taxes would nccessitate revision of the
tariff, since it is certain that a high
tariff does not always yield more reve
nue. than lower oDe-a 'judiclous .
one. The Government receives more
money now from the tax on whiskey
than 1t did when the tax was twice as
high as it is now. SO as to customs
duties. Double The tariff on some ar
ticles. and the Government will derive
DO revenue whatever from them. They
will cease to he brought into the coun-
try. We could look over the existing
tariff and point out number of sucl
articles.
at must follow necessarily, there
fore, that to lower the customs duties
on certain articles would be to add to
the revenues of the Government. If a
tariff OF 70 per cent. I'D UaiOrenl would
exclude an article from this country,
and therefore destroy all revenue from
it, whereas tariff OF 30 per cent. ad
ualOrem would insure its Importation,
and therefore revenue from 1T, then it
is clear that the lower and not the high
or tariff would in every such case be the
revenue tariff We need revenue
tariff. Let MS abolish all internal taxes,
therefore, and make revenue tariff.
The Atlanta Constitution reproduces
our article, and comments as follows
This is the position of the Consti-
tuition, as it is the position of Mr.. Ran
dali and of every other Democrat who
is sincerely in favor Of genuine revenue
reform.
1.-THE genuine revenue-reformers de-
sire the repeal of the internal taxes, not
only because they are odious and un
American, but because their abolition
will compel the reduction of the tariff
to revenue basis. To reduce the tariff
as matters stand would be to increase
the surplus, but if the excise taxes are
abolished the Government will be com
PEELED to collect its revenue from some
source, and there is no other source but
the tariff"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
lnyestig atipg the GIazebrOok Scan.
a

A Middletown Conn special says ::
Chancellor Williamson and Attorney
Dick, of Elizabeth, n. j., came to Dur
ham Saturday morning to further in
vestigate the Glazebrook-Foote scan
DIAL. They came as committee of the
Elizabeth church, and asked Samuel
Lopez, junior warden of the Darham
Episcopal church, to assist them. At
wei, Latham, and Rogers. tee boys
who circulated the story, and Atwell's
father went to the cemetery with them,
and the boys told their story in plain,
straightforward manner which i'm
pressed Mr.. Williamson very deeply.
He said that the affair must be tho
roughly investigated that he is salts
fed that Latham and Atwell are re-
sponsible young men, and that At
wells father is an honest man. After
looking the cemetery over carefully
they called, in company with Lopez,
ON a number OF persons, and finally en-
gagged board for four persons, saying
that the other members of the commit
tee, Thomas and Waterbury, would be
there TO -night,. Messrs. Williamson
and Dick spent to-day in New Haven
in consultation with Mr.. Hubbard, At
we'll and Latham's attorney. They re-
turned to Durham, where they will con-
time the investigation tomorrow.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

fancy into the dignity OF States by acts
OF Congress, yet from the very mo-
ment OF admission they were lifted into
the exalted position which was occu-
pied by The States which made the
Government and blew the breath of
life into the Constitution.
The science of civics, introduced
into our schools and colleges, and pro-
NOTED by an American institute, is the
expression Of the conviction of a deep
need Of more practical acquaintance
with the duties and responsibilities OF
American citizenship. Encouragement
of immigration, facility of naturaliza-
ton, extension of suffrage to persons
who have simply declared their inten-
ton, have tended to depreciate citizen
ship and lessen the sense Of what is in
yolved in that high privilege. Lapse
Of time and marvellous increase Of our
population have removed us from
Revolutionary times and prevented
the desired familiarity with the strug-
giles Of the men of '76 and 81 and the
great underlying principles Of our free
and representative institutions. Some
Of us older men can recall wildly the re-
miniscences of childhood days when the
Revolutionary soldiers fought their bat
ties over again and when every Fourth
of July brought together the people of
every neighborhood and village to lis
ten to the Declaration of Independence
and patriotic odes and addresses. The
men Of to-day have no such traditions
and associations linking them with the
fathers of the republic, and no
such schools for familiarizing them
with the causes that led to, and
the ideas that are incorporated in, the
experiment of self-government. A
deeper study of the Constitution would
be a corrective OF some of the mis-
clievous vagaries which are entertained
in reference to law and government and
property and liberty. 1t will be for
tunate for the country, for the purity
and preservation of DIR institutions, if
the celebration OF to-day shall bring us
to better knowledge Of the Constitu
tion and of those ideas of true freedom
which distinguish the American repub-
lie from all other governments.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
WEST POINT.
a sad Accident-KemovaI of Offices.

correspondence OF the Richmond Dispatcn.l
WEST PoNT, September ID, 1887.
Mr.. Daniel Motley, gentleman liy-
ing at Tsppahannock, in Essex county,
met with a sad misfortune last week in
having lis only arm crushed. Mr..
Motley, when boy, had his left arm
shot oil just below the shoulder, and
Last week while RreasiDg the ily-wheel
OF an engine had his right arm crushed
III terrible manner.
A little child of Mr. Herbert J.
Lewis, our Commonwealth attorney,
died on Sunday. The funeral took
place at the Episcopal church this
morning, Rev. Mr.. Williams Officiating.
iLc Chelsea farm has been sold 10
MIR. j. ". Fox, OF Milton, Del. for
Is. eco cash. On this farm IS one OF the
finest Old Virginia mansions IN this
section.
The Democrats OF King and Queen
are arranging for a grand rally on next
court day. Some noted speakers will
be on hand.
The claim Office OF the Richmond and
West Point Terminal Company will be
moved from here 10 Washington in a
few days. Several Of tue most ex-
perienced clerks who have been con-
nected with this department for years
will move to Washington. ALPHA.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
THE Decay Of the Clown.

The st. Louis GiObc-D Democrat (Re-
publican), in an article on "The Decay
of the Clown, says he the clown has
had a long reign of popularity, but the
mildew is beginning to gather on him
in distinct way at last, and early OBJ
livion awaits him beyond doubt. ellis
procession" contends our contempt
rary, "has passed by, and he lags SUI
perfluous, or, in other words, the re-
morseless logic of evolution has taken
away bis occupation. and there is no.
thing left for him, accordingly, but
tame submission to the rule of the sur
vival of the fittest.'" Even so. This
is true not only of the circus clown but
Of the political clown as well. 1t APP
plies to the latter whether he appears
after the fashion of BoUTELLE, cutting
didoos on the floor of the House of
Representatives, or as a grave-digger,
after the manner of the clowns in
Hamlet, as represented by FORAKER,
a SHERMAN, FUTILE, or a FAIRqHILD.
The people are getting very tired of his
"chestnuts. The reasonable prospect
is that before the end of another Demo
cratic Administration political tom
foolery in Congress and the digging up
of the skeletons of dead issues will
serve only to excite disgust. The re-
morseless logic of patriotism rather
than the remorseless logic of evolution
is taking away his occupation.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
pcrsOnAi.

Bob Burdette is TO write column a
week for the Burlington Hawk-Eye
again.
John A. Cockrill denies the story
that he is to take charge Of the New
York Herald.
Sir Henry Isaacs is the third He
brew merchant who has become sheriff
Of London and received knighthood
from the Queen.
Frederick WoIseley, brother OF the
English General, is realizing large
foitpne by the sale OF patent in Aus
iralia for sheep-sbearing.
Lord Ely IL one Of the few Irish
landlords who get anything from their
efastfe, y d,sx Z Z, 2, l9 9 tlQo 9 yeay
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
The Baltimore An.erican has this to

The Baltimore american has this to
say touching the tobacco-tax
"Tobacco.raising is one Of the great
agricultural interests of the country.
The tax is un-American. 1t is inquisi-
torial in character, aud interferes with
the right of the producer to sell where
and how he pleases. No tobacco grow.
er, under the present oppressive law.
can sell more than hundred pounds
Of his crop; the rest must go through
q number Of hands. gathering, like the
SNOWFALL, charges at every step, until
the profit Of the farmer is reduced 10 a
minimum. On this account the indus
try in Maryland has been seriously
crippled, and in counties where tobacco
was the principal crop aud the main.
stay OF the people scarcely any is now
grown. No tax which inierferes with
production should be levied"
II Maryland has suffered seriously
on account Of the existence OF the to.
baccotax, what must be said of its
fleets upon Virginia and North Caro-
lima /?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

MURAT HALsTEAD, upon being inter
viewed regarding his European trip,
said A: 81 left home on the night Of the
full moon in July, and left Paris for
home on the night of the full moon in
September" May not MURAr's fancy
for the full moon account for some Of
his wild editorials
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

The cable informs us that Brother
BLAINE would not accept the presidency
even if it were offered him. Evil
IDENTIFY the cable has gathered up fish
Glory
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
Stock Exchange fellows go to q differ
ent sort of public institution-one with
a musical name.

"The excitement over the escape of
AYoUB KAHN is abating." No wonder.
II is reported that he writes spring
poetry.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
BRIEF COMMENT.

"a celebrated physician has made a
thorough examination Of jar GouLp's
head Did he find water on the brain |?
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

INN 7 7
Miss SALLEY B. HAMMER, Principal, Latin,
Philosophy, and English Literature.
PROFESSOR CHARLES II. WINSTON. Li-D.,
Natural Science and Mathematics.
Miss LULA EDDY graduate Cornell Uniyer-
sity). History, English. AMI Mathematics.
MADAME G. GUILLAUME, French.
MADAME JEFF TENSLtR. German.
Miss MAMIE LANDRUM, Principal Prepare
tory school and spanish.
Miss ALICIA II. LAIRD ,of Europe, Drawing
and InlufInC.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

The training Of tcarhcrs n speciality.
Pupils eight years old are admitted into the
Preparatory School
For catalogue or Information apply 70 the
PRINCIPAL, corner Of Tenth aud Marshall
streets
once hours from TO 10 4. VI. SO 3-2w
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
FEMALE INSTI-
HI TUTE.
SESSION OPENS SEPTEM-
Der 18TH.


The course Of study IS arranged In eight sepa-
rate schools. p aud according 10 the University
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

"New York boasts Of one hundred
|,'sAs !. asylum, y. a !as.s g e ss' I. g
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL,
10. 40 NORTH EIGHTH STREET

Tho twenty.fhird session Of this school will
begin THO RSDAN, SEPTEMBER 3!D.
CHARGES FOR THE SESSION:
Elementary English and Mathematics. ...... $50
Higher English and Mathcmaucs............ -
Latin. Greek. French, German, eacn. ....... II
Clergymen's sOn5..............-...... 20
III a boy studies moro Than two of those Ian
cuages no charge is made for tho third AMI
fourth.
For two or mOrc boys from tho same family
a deduction Of SO will be made from each bill
over $50
Payments as follows: Ton dollars the day Of
entrance: the ha'auce In three. six AMI nine
months from the 18th day Of september, 1887.
Circulars at the bookstores.
THOMAS II. NORWOOD,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14
CCHOOL BOOKS!
DRUGs. MEDICINES. &c.

7 FAVE LAID IN A FULL AND
A VARIED ASSORTMENT or HARD-RUB
BER AND LEATHER TRUssEs, which oder
az very low price,. My experience In the
asylums justices me In guaranteeing a per.
feet IT. PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALITY.
X. G. CABKLL, JR., Apothec ry,
Third and Main streets, Richmond, Va.
Su 3i-ana
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-14

Thorough training in preparatory md cole
giate courses by eleven officers and tea'nofs.
Comfortable and attractive accommodations
for seyonty.fye boarlers. Location beautiful
and healihful: $500 feet above the sea.
Terms for session of niue months, $50. This
covers Expenses for board, fuel. lights, etc,
with tuition IN entire course. in,luding Music
vocal and instrumental--with NE Of piano.
Next session will begin September ~. 1887.
For catalogue containing ful particulars APP
ply to REV. J. X. HARRISON. Financial Agent
or TO NJ. VI. HARGROVE. Principal SO s-lw
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
THE NEW YORK vICTORYy

The State election in New York yes
terday marked the end of war politics.
The Republicans nominated Colonel
Fred Grant for Secretary of State upon
his fathers war record. His decisive
defeat is proof that the generation now
voting lives in the present. It reveres
the heroes Of the war for the Union, as
it reveres Washington and Miles Stand
ish, but it declines to immediate its liv-
ing interests on the grave of dead
issue. The accounts of the war are
closed and filed awny in the national
archives. The present generation will
defend the Union, if need be. like its
predecessors, but it will not stand still
In Chinese ancestor. worship.
New York may now fairly be called
. Democratic State. Since Cleveland,
five years ago, carried it by the largest
majority in American history, every
year has brought Democratic victory.
No such unbroken series Of triumphs
for one party had ever been known
there before since the Rebellion. The
success of one party in one year had
usually been tie prelude to the success
of its rival the next. New. York is still
IA State that has to be fought for, but it
is nolongera doubtful State when the
Democrats nominate good candidates
and do good work. With Cleveland in
the field next year, the result will be
known on the duy the convention ad-
jnurns.
After this election, with ordinary in
dustry, the Presidency is safe. If New
York can be carried as it was yesterday
against all the adverse circumstances
then existing, by any majority at all,
Cleveland can carry it by at least 3d.
600. And the electoral votes of New
York for Cleveland mean four years
more of honest Exam
liner.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
American Enterprise.

Under the above head the New York
Mail and Express of October Srd says:
The surprising speed with which the
Beethoven Piano Co., of Washington,
N. j., have come to the front is emphs-
sized by their making a single ship
ment of one hundred and forty Organs
to fill orders, which made q train of
eight cars, all of which were transferred
to the "City of Richmond" which
sailed Saturday last for Liverpool.
This is the largest single shipment ever
made by an Organ manufacturer to
Europe to fill orders. and denotes great
enterprise and push. It also shows
that we need not Genuine our exports to
natural products.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11

maker, has just committed suicide BY
shooting himself through tho head
while in his cell in the county Jail.
How no secured the weapon with which
the deed was committed is mystery,
as his cell and clothing were again
thoroughly searched yesterday; and to
all appearances the guards that sat in
front Of his cell have watched him every
minute. Lingg has always been re-
garded as the most desperate Anarchist
of the lot. It was he who manufac-
tured the bombs for the Haymarket
riot, and in whose cell the bombs were
found last Sunday. -. ...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
The Elections.

From yesterdays dispatches we con.
dense the following:
The returns indicate that Fornker's
plurality for Governor of Ohio will be
Eelow 10000. He hus run nbout 5000
behind the ticket. The Labor vote in
the State may reach $4,000.
In New York Cooks (Dem.) MAORI
ty for Secretary of State over Grant,
(Rep.) is estimated at 10, 1856, loss of
46o below Hills majority for Cover
nor.
Ames' plurality over the Democratic
candidate for Governor OF Massac husetts
is 1900.
The Republican plurality in Pennsyl-
Vania over the Democratic candidate
for Treasurer is 36,S96, Democratic
gain OF 6, G30 over the lust general cleo
ton. 's".
The Republican majority on joint bal
lot in the New Jersey Legislature is II .
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
Information wanted.

Under date of Oakland, Nov. 0, 1887,
VIZ this morning received the follow
ing:
10 TIE EDITOR: Ny son Charles M.
Macdonald, between Is and 16 years of
nge, left home on June 10th telling
other boys he was going to Salt Lake.
lie has dnrk or brown hai-, seven or
right India ink marks on his wrist,
also soar on the palm OF his right
hand, caused by toy pistol. He is
rather small but stout built. We are
very anxious to hear Of his whereabouts
if alive, and If anyone can give any
Information of him his parents will be-
very grateful.
Address,
JAMES MAoDoNAID,
942, Thirty-four,h Street,
Oakland, Cal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
sussrReeeivsa

Over two hundred new samples for
custom made Fell and Winter Clothing.
II yon want fins suit Of clothes made
TO order. latest in style, perfect in at,
best In quality and ohsapest in price,
come and look at my samples. You
oan't help being snited.
M. RsntuAng.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11

Appeal:-The weather. signals don't
cut much figure. 1t is balmy and
pleasant, no matter what colored flags
fly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
LIngR suiesdcs.

A Chicago dispatch dated Nov. 10,
$50 A. NJ. says: Louis Lingg, the bomb
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-11-11
SAY!
What Do You !hIiiak?
WILL
You be wise enough to profit by it when
it comes9 Are you willing to help it
alongp II you are, do not wait until il
bursts upon you unawares, but do your
best to hurry and push it.
THE


Only way to do this is to talk Of il; to
write Of it; to boast of it; praise and
patronize every home industry; keep
your money in the country and induce
others to come and do the same. Do
not patronize outside in situations in
preference to your own, and before you
know il the
Omaha daily bee., 1887-06-20
Michael's Fremont Record.

Fremont, Neb., June 1s.--[Corre-
spondence to the BEE. There is gen.
eral feeling here that Senator Henderson
has made serious blunder in the ap.
pointment of w. II. Michael, of Grand
Island, as clerk of the senate committee
on printing to succeed the late Ben;
Perley Poore. Michael was formerly a
resident of Fremont and his flagrant
character il a matter of public comment
here. 1t would perhaps be unfair TO say
that when he removed from this city he
left no friends behind. but it is certain
he left a host of enemies. There is am
pie cause for the general lack of esteem
for the man which prevails here. He
succeeded in demonstrating here as else
where in Nebraska where he has lived
that he Is an unprlncipled scalawag. In
business matters he is absolutely unre.
liable as score of Fremont merchants
will testify. He did not rely upon his
small income to support himself and
family in their luxurious style. lie con-
tracted debts which he never paid and
proceeded upon that basis to take in the
unwary. Dnring his residence here he